Re: Pascagoula Residents Worry About Rebuilding Their Homes

[Guest guest]

This is a problem all over the world, especially in the island nations

in the Pacific. Many will just disappear if global warming keeps up.

The whole state of Florida is pretty low, don't forget that during the

Ice Age, the sea levels were more than 600 feet lower than they are

now. (Thats when North America and Asia were connected, and a

now-undersea land named Berengia lay between them)

See

http://www.un.org/smallislands2005/pressrelease5.pdf

So he is not alone. I suppose he needs to 'keep his chin up'.

And pray that the Ross Ice Shelf stays put and that the polar ice cap

on Greenland stops melting.

*sigh*

On 11/9/05, tigerpaw2c <tigerpaw2c@...> wrote:

> 11/07/05

> Pascagoula Residents Worry About Rebuilding Their Homes

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> e Goad Reports On Concerns About Rebuilding In Pascagoula

>

> http://www.wlox.com/Global/story.asp?S=4085445 & nav=6DJI

>

> Since Hurricane Katrina, Jimmy McGrath spends his off time trying to

> get his King Avenue home ready to repair.

>

> " Tried to treat all of the wood, so any mold would be killed

> instantly, " McGrath says, " Just trying to clean up. "

>

> Repairing his home has been put on hold, though.

>

> McGrath says getting a permit in the Chipley neighborhood is

> virtually impossible.

>

> " No one wants to fool with this area, " McGrath says, " It's like a

> jaded area right here. "

>

> Pascagoula city building inspector Steve says most of the

> homes in Chipley are below the base flood elevation.

>

> In order for residents to get a building permit, they either have to

> raise their current home, relocate it to higher ground, or demolish

> it and build a new home higher than the base flood elevation.